Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| often / is / late / John |
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| Do / you / to the gym / every day / ? / go |
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| every other day. / I travel a lot. I / need / some petrol |
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| can / You / find / your car keys / never |
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| to the gym / three times a week / I / go |
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| very tired / am / Something is the matter with me. I / usually / in the mornings. |
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| Kevin / always / Does / win / ? |
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| rarely / Tom / if you need it / help you / will |
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| eats / Mike / often / pizza / for dinner |
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| go on holiday / almost never / My parents |
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| breaks down / several times a year / My car |
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| I / always / get up / at 8 a.m. |
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| you / often / feel tired? / Do |
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| She / always / is / asking me questions |
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| what to say / never / know / I |
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| hardly ever / eat / I / oranges |
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| They / can / never / listen |
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| usually / need / They / some help with the homework |
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| once a month / go / I / usually / to the hairdresser's |
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| I / have to go / day in, day out / shopping |
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| I / usually / once a year / go / to the dentist |
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| She / in blue / very often / dresses |
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| have lunch / Do / you / usually / at home? |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| she / twice / Yesterday, / me / phoned |
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| come / very often / My parents / to help me |
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| often / you / do / to the disco? / How / go |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| when you talk to her / rarely / She / listens |
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| always / I / Can / dress / in green? |
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| five times / it / I / saw |
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| every other day / have / soup / We |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
